Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has repeatedly accused the state government of antiHindu bias, citing incidents in Murshidabad's Beldanga and neighboring Bangladesh.
While in Birbhum district, police have conducted raids throughout the night and vehicle full of cattle, coal and stone have been seized from the highways and drivers arrested.
Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.
Visibly upset, BJP’s Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh, who is also the chief whip of the Opposition in the state Assembly, expressed frustration over his inability to utilise the Bidhayak Fund (MLA fund) for local area development.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today issued a stern warning against certain sections of the police and civil administration, saying that they are taking bribes and the blame is falling on Trinamul Congress leaders.
The central team would focus on several issues starting from alleged corruption in school teachers and group D employees recruitment, political violence leading to incidents of murders, reports of bomb blasts in many areas across districts and other law and order problems in the state
She will take stock of security, infrastructure arrangements.
Where TMC workers will go to every house to make people aware of state's projects
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that making the party free from "the pests of corruption" is her prime target.
Notably, Miss Banerjee and TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee is scheduled to make important announcements, and will launch a comprehensive outreach programme that will reach out to crores of households across a wide expanse of the state, including over 3,000 gram panchayats, party sources said
